Edition 8 - my first hands on impression
Jul 10, 2009 at 12:26 PM Post #137 of 142
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Originally Posted by winzzz /img/forum/go_quote.gif
so you say that hd800 beaten ed.8 in every aspect ?


Absolutely, no doubt!

P.S. it'll be more fair to compare the E8 and HD580. They're in the same league - small headstage, rough bass, slow, a hump in the upper area but somehow engaging. But with HD800..................
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Jul 10, 2009 at 1:16 PM Post #138 of 142
you have obviously not heard the Ed 8. Slow gave it away right there
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. So the question is have you heard the HD 800?
 
Jul 10, 2009 at 4:37 PM Post #139 of 142
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Originally Posted by brat /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Edition9 have had the bad fortune to be compared directly to HD800 by me on the Munich High End 2009. I've listened to E8 (serials #1 & #2) with two amps - SPL Phonitor Model 2730 and SPL Audiotor. With the Phonitor they sounded well but the overall impression has been totally eclipsed by the HD800. Uncompromisingly and in every aspect.
Ultrasone E8 - $1400
Sennheiser HD800 - $1300
What else to say?
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Oh dear! I would rather say the Editions have had the bad fortune to have fallen victim to one's dorky idea to combine a bass-bloating Phonitor with them. And the HD 800 to have been in luck OTOH.
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Jul 10, 2009 at 5:47 PM Post #140 of 142
Bass quantity and quality was the least problem of E8
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And the dorky idea was by the manufacturer. Obviously they think E8 suppose to sound so.
But the head-fiers often have severe contradictions with manufacturers (the problem with the "crappy" Stax amps you know
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). Obviously the engineers involved in audio industry are not experienced enough as some people here.
 
Jul 10, 2009 at 6:13 PM Post #141 of 142
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Originally Posted by brat /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Bass quantity and quality was the least problem of E8
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And the dorky idea was by the manufacturer. Obviously they think E8 suppose to sound so.
But the head-fiers often have severe contradictions with manufacturers (you know the problem with the "crappy" Stax amps
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). Obviously the engineers involved in audio industry are not experienced enough as some people here.


Yes, that's approximately what I think: engineers and audiophiles is a bad match. And that the audiophiles are not the target group of a pro manufacturer. And that there are manufacturers in the pro industry with more experience in headphones than SPL.
 
Jul 10, 2009 at 6:26 PM Post #142 of 142
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Originally Posted by brat /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Absolutely, no doubt!

P.S. it'll be more fair to compare the E8 and HD580. They're in the same league - small headstage, rough bass, slow, a hump in the upper area but somehow engaging. But with HD800..................
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Now I can't take your word for it- I know what HD580 sounds like.
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Just kidding! Did you have a chance to listen to E8 with other amps and not in a show environment? Your findings seem to be quite different from Tangerine's comparison in a different thread.

Thanks!

-Paul
 
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